District 8: chronic absenteeism by school

Bronx, New York City · 50 schools

43.8%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

of 50 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate fell 0.7 points from 2023-24, and was 39.8% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 8

School	2024-25	Change
Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: A College Board School08X376	56.9%	up 3.7
Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications08X367	54.1%	down 0.7
Bronx Academy for Multi-Media08X424	36.8%	down 2.1
Bronx Bridges High School08X432	45.9%	up 5.0
Bronx Compass High School08X561	42.3%	steady
Bronx Delta School08X392	38.8%	down 5.6
Bronx River High School08X349	39.5%	steady
Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists08X269	48.9%	down 4.5
Gotham Collaborative High School08X452	40.5%	up 8.8
Herbert H. Lehman High School08X405	35.7%	down 2.8
J.H.S. 123 James M. Kieran08X123	41.1%	up 2.6
J.H.S. 131 Albert Einstein08X131	44.0%	up 2.7
Longwood Preparatory Academy08X530	52.5%	up 9.2
M.S. 301 Paul L. Dunbar08X301	43.9%	steady
M.S. 302 Luisa Dessus Cruz08X302	32.6%	down 6.7
M.S. X101 Edward R. Byrne08X101	24.1%	up 4.4
Millennium Art Academy08X312	43.3%	down 11.1
Mott Hall Community School08X467	49.3%	steady
P.S. 036 Unionport08X036	41.0%	up 3.3
P.S. 048 Joseph R. Drake08X048	51.7%	down 5.5
P.S. 062 Inocensio Casanova08X062	42.0%	steady
P.S. 069 Journey Prep School08X069	39.0%	down 3.9
P.S. 071 Rose E. Scala08X071	34.9%	up 6.1
P.S. 072 Dr. William Dorney08X072	47.1%	down 2.2
P.S. 093 Albert G. Oliver08X093	48.5%	down 6.3
P.S. 100 Isaac Clason08X100	43.4%	up 1.9
P.S. 10708X107	46.8%	down 10.2
P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt08X130	43.4%	down 7.6
P.S. 138 Samuel Randall08X138	53.1%	up 4.0
P.S. 146 Edward Collins08X146	40.8%	down 6.8
P.S. 152 Evergreen08X152	43.5%	steady
P.S. 18208X182	46.8%	up 2.7
P.S. 304 Early Childhood School08X304	39.1%	up 1.2
P.S. 58308X583	33.5%	down 11.9
P.S. 75 School of Research and Discovery08X075	39.1%	down 8.6
P.S. X014 Senator John Calandra08X014	40.1%	steady
P.S. X140 The Eagle School08X140	53.8%	up 5.5
Pelham Lab High School08X320	63.0%	up 5.2
Pugsley Preparatory Academy08X562	41.7%	down 1.1
Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts08X293	45.9%	down 1.8
Schuylerville Preparatory High School08X348	57.7%	down 4.3
Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship08X448	56.5%	up 2.6
The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School08X375	47.7%	up 4.8
The Dr. Emmett W. Bassett School08X119	37.3%	down 3.6
The Longwood Academy of Discovery08X333	49.4%	down 1.7
The School for Inquiry and Social Justice08X337	35.6%	up 6.2
Urban Institute of Mathematics08X371	31.6%	down 5.7
Virtual Innovators Academy08X636	34.2%	down 3.3
Westchester Square Academy08X558	55.3%	down 3.0
Women's Academy of Excellence08X282	43.1%	down 6.7

District 8 by year

Year	District	NYC
2018-19	39.8%	26.5%
2019-20	36.2%	25.1%
2020-21	32.6%	29.7%
2021-22	53.4%	40.4%
2022-23	47.4%	36.2%
2023-24	44.5%	34.8%
2024-25	43.8%	33.3%

▼ and ▲ show the change in percentage points from 2023-24. Source: NYC Public Schools, End-of-Year Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Data. The district rate includes transfer schools, which the school-level data leaves out.

Every absence followed up, across District 8.

BrainBridge gives each school’s attendance team a daily follow-up list from the ATS file, family texts from each staff member’s own line, and a weekly meeting agenda, with the records A-210 asks for.

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